US Patent Issued to The Diablo Canyon Collective on Jan. 28 for "Device and method to reduce ear wax clogging of acoustic ports, hearing aid sealing system, and feedback reduction system" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,936, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to The Diablo Canyon Collective LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Device and method to reduce ear wax clogging of acoustic ports, hearing aid sealing system, and feedback reduction system" was invented by John P. Keady (Fairfax Station, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods to reduce ear wax clogging of acoustic ports, hearing aid systems, and feedback reduction systems are provided. A conformal hearing aid includes a hearing aid body, where the hearing aid body houses a microphone and a receiver, where the microphone is positioned within the hearing aid body to measure acoustic signals fr...